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CVE-2015-1142857

8.6 · HIGH

On multiple SR-IOV cars it is possible for VF's assigned to guests to send ethernet flow control pause frames via the PF.

Published Jan 23, 2018CWE-254EPSS 2.11%

Overview

CVE-2015-1142857 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 23, 2018 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.6, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

On multiple SR-IOV cars it is possible for VF's assigned to guests to send ethernet flow control pause frames via the PF. This includes Linux kernel ixgbe driver before commit f079fa005aae08ee0e1bc32699874ff4f02e11c1, the Linux Kernel i40e/i40evf driver before e7358f54a3954df16d4f87e3cad35063f1c17de5 and the DPDK before commit 3f12b9f23b6499ff66ec8b0de941fb469297e5d0, additionally Multiple vendor NIC firmware is affected.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refseclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/425Refsecurity-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00046&languageid=en-frRefwww.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity15/sec15-paper-smolyar.pdfRefseclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/425Refsecurity-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00046&languageid=en-frRefwww.usenix.org/system/files/conference/usenixsecurity15/sec15-paper-smolyar.pdf

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1142857?

CVE-2015-1142857 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 23, 2018 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2015-1142857?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 8.6, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2015-1142857?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2015-1142857?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2015-1142857 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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